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Basketball coaches wear white sneakers for cancer awareness

Central Michigan Men's Basketball head coach Keno Davis yells during the basketball game against Miami Ohio on Jan. 23 at McGuirk Arena.

In Central Michigan men’s basketball’s 70-61 loss to Miami (Ohio), both teams raised cancer awareness by wearing white sneakers with a suite and tie.

Both teams' coaches wore white sneakers to help promote Coaches vs. Cancer, an American Cancer Society program which began 25 years ago.

“This is just the first step," Davis said. "We want to have a higher purpose as coaches to bring more than just the game of basketball and we want to use our platform to be better and for me, this hits home.